thought.

i obviously read far too much.

i skip class to read.

even though i am at risk of failing highschool.

and people who don't read? they frighten me.

a friend once told me:

"not all readers are leaders.

but all leaders are readers."

i like people who read.

i like to talk to people who read.

about books they should read.

books they think i should read.

books they like.

i like to hear what makes a good book.

i know what makes a book good.

but i like to hear what they think.

you know. if i could bottle up a smell,

i would bottle up the smell of an old bookstore.

that musty smell. no. musty makes it sound unpleasant.

it is a very pleasant musty.

and if i bottled it up, i would take it everywhere with me.

and when i feel down. i will take a whiff.

and my spirit will feel light.

when i am old, i will have a room dedicated to the written word.

i will marry a reader.

and i will give birth to readers.

because some of the greatest joys in the world...

come from reading.

i think.